Millions view new Chevrolet first-day display crowd
Detroit reports showrooms swelled with millions visiting to see 1933 models. H. J. Klingler cites 4,000,000 as dealer average attendance, with orders piling up across the country despite severe weather. Sales outlook remains strong for next year with substantial gains expected.
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Shawnee
Palmer critiques press agents and free ads
In New York the late Loren Palmer denounces a novelist with a press agent who secures hundreds of columns of free publicity. He notes this constant praise boosts sales of his inferior books and argues self-promotion advances a writer’s career.
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Dress code notices in Austrian churches ban short sleeves
At Bregenz and Feldkirch in Austria notices posted on church doors require women attending services to wear dresses that extend from no more than an inch below the neck to at least halfway between the knee and ankle, with sleeves reaching the elbow.
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Bregenz
Austria
Feldkirch
Candy kid and other slang terms in Pathfinder Magazine
The Pathfind er Magazine lists a sequence of slang phrases with years from 1901 to 1931, including Go back and sit down 1901 candy kid 1902 twenty-threeskidoo 1907 Go chase yourself 1908 Raspberries 1921 So's your old man 1925 Applesauce 1927 And how 1928 Fan down and go boom 1929 Oh yeah 1930 ballyhoo 1931, reflecting evolving colloquial usage.
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State Fair Shows Profit
Des Moines Iowa Dec 27 The Iowa State Fair posted a net profit of 1 047 318 for 1902 to 1930 inclusive. After two loss years 1931 and 1932 the 31 year net is 916 485. The report shows state appropriations for permanent buildings totaling 938 000 and fair improvements of 944 648. Total operating expense 6 044 708, with 123 000 from state deficit coverage. Expenditures to exhibitors 2 416 670. Inventory of state ownership valued at 2 171 480 with 378 acres improved. Cost reductions over two years exceed 83 145. Resolutions urged agricultural relief legislation and lauded 4-H work and farming improvements.
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Toads in Medicine and the Atlantic City Organ
A report notes Chinese use of toad in traditional remedies for centuries with ground toad cake applied as a local anesthetic, its formula kept secret. It also details Atlantic City’s convention hall organ, the world’s largest by pipes and wind power, costing 368000 dollars and funded by city bonds.
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China
Atlantic City
Tent in backyard sparks family camping reform
A Boston Transcript quip notes a man pitched in his yard to pack his large family for sleeping out. He jokes that after everyone cycles through, no one will want to camp next summer, sparking a humorous take on shared outdoor living.
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